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Marriage License for Newel Knight and Lydia Goldthwaite, 25 November 1835

Source Note

Marriage License, for
Newel Knight

13 Sept. 1800–11 Jan. 1847. Miller, merchant. Born at Marlborough, Windham Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Knight Sr. and Polly Peck. Moved to Jericho (later Bainbridge), Chenango Co., New York, ca. 1809. Moved to Windsor (later in Colesville), Broome Co., New...

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and
Lydia Goldthwaite

9 June 1812–3 Apr. 1884. Boardinghouse operator, weaver, teacher. Born at Sutton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. Daughter of Jesse G. Goldthwaite and Sally Burt. Married first Calvin Bailey, fall 1828, but deserted by him, 1832. Moved to home of Eleazer Freeman...

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, Geauga Co., OH, 25 Nov. 1835; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of
David D. Aiken

20 Sept. 1794–12 Dec. 1861. County clerk, associate judge, merchant. Born in New York. Baptized into Episcopalian church, 9 Aug. 1818, in New York. Married Laura Loomis. Moved to Brown, Stark Co., Ohio, by 1820; to Painesville, Geauga Co., Ohio; and to Chardon...

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; one page; Geauga Co., OH, Common Please Court Marriage Licenses, 1835–1836, CHL. Includes endorsement.

Historical Introduction

See historical introduction to Marriage License for John F. Boynton and Susan Lowell, 17 November 1835. JS’s journal and Geauga County, Ohio, marriage records agree that the marriage occurred on 24 November, not 25 November.
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JS, Journal, 24 Nov. 1835; Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, 1833–1841, 24 Nov. 1835, microfilm 873,464, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; see also Bradshaw, “Joseph Smith’s Performance of Marriages in Ohio,” 51n24.


Comprehensive Works Cited

JSP, J1 / Jessee, Dean C., Mark Ashurst-McGee, and Richard L. Jensen, eds. Journals, Volume 1: 1832–1839. Vol. 1 of the Journals series of The Joseph Smith Papers, edited by Dean C. Jessee, Ronald K. Esplin, and Richard Lyman Bushman. Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2008.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Bradshaw, M. Scott. “Joseph Smith’s Performance of Marriages in Ohio.” BYU Studies 39, no. 4 (2000): 23–69.

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    JS, Journal, 24 Nov. 1835; Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, 1833–1841, 24 Nov. 1835, microfilm 873,464, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; see also Bradshaw, “Joseph Smith’s Performance of Marriages in Ohio,” 51n24.

    JSP, J1 / Jessee, Dean C., Mark Ashurst-McGee, and Richard L. Jensen, eds. Journals, Volume 1: 1832–1839. Vol. 1 of the Journals series of The Joseph Smith Papers, edited by Dean C. Jessee, Ronald K. Esplin, and Richard Lyman Bushman. Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2008.

    U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

    Bradshaw, M. Scott. “Joseph Smith’s Performance of Marriages in Ohio.” BYU Studies 39, no. 4 (2000): 23–69.

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W[arren] Parrish

10 Jan. 1803–3 Jan. 1877. Clergyman, gardener. Born in New York. Son of John Parrish and Ruth Farr. Married first Elizabeth (Betsey) Patten of Westmoreland Co., New Hampshire, ca. 1822. Lived at Alexandria, Jefferson Co., New York, 1830. Purchased land at...

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Marriage License for Newel Knight and Lydia Goldthwaite, 25 November 1835
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